A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 157 km SSE of Chichi-shima, Japan (98 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 142.7318° East, latitude 25.7353° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/19 / 2019-08-27 03:53:54 / August 27, 2019 @ 3:53 am. The temblor was detected at 13:53:54 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us700058mj. Ids that are associated to the event: us700058mj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 157 km SSE of Chichi-shima, Japan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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